Fiona has practiced midwifery for over 30 years. She has worked in rural, regional, and metropolitan centres. She has worked in several midwifery roles including private midwifery practice, birth centres, MGP and overseas in Papua New Guinea and India. She has worked as a Midwifery Clinical Specialist in a Level 6 Maternity Hospital and as a Clinical Midwifery Consultant in a Level 5 Maternity Hospital, and she has developed and taught Midwifery Studies in two universities and at TAFE.

In 2018 Fiona initiated and developed a Formal Birth Debriefing Service using Trauma Informed Care principles at a regional hospital and in that capacity, she has debriefed 567 women, families, and practicing midwives. She now understands the urgent need for deep compassion driven care in maternity services for everyone involved in receiving care and for those providing care if we want to modify trauma by protecting the ‘humaness’ of expert, clinical practice.